The Gibraltar Barbary Macaques
The Gibraltar Barbary Macaques, species Macaca sylvanus, are the only population of wild monkeys in Europe. Currently, in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar there are 230 of them, divided into 5 groups which are found in the highest areas of the Rock, although they do not disdain occasional raids in the city, where the inhabitants call them monos, or "monkeys". in llanito. Barbary apes are considered the symbol of the colony, which has had this animal depicted on the 5 pence coin since 1988.
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